2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008.[1] On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.[2]

Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA’s five zone qualifying tournaments.

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Participating nations

The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.[3]

The teams were divided into three pots, roughly corresponding to the FIBA World Rankings and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3):

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

22.  Chinese Taipei
17.  Senegal
42.  Angola
58.  Fiji

8.  Cuba
4.  Brazil
12.  Argentina
15.  Japan

5.  Spain
30.  Belarus
26. Latvia
9.  Czech Republic

Format

The 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.

Squads

Main article: FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Latvia 4 2 0 1.000 177 103 +74
 Japan 3 1 1 0.500 140 152 -12
 Senegal 2 0 2 0.000 103 165 -62
June 9
17:45		 Latvia  94–34  Senegal    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 29-5, 15-10, 28-11, 22-8
June 10
15:00		 Senegal  69–71  Japan    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 8-17, 20-20, 22-12
June 11
15:00		 Japan  69–83  Latvia    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 18-21, 24-17, 8-25

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Czech Republic 4 2 0 1.000 163 109 +54
 Angola 3 1 1 0.500 113 144 -31
 Argentina 2 0 2 0.000 113 136 -23
June 9
20:00		 Czech Republic  77–55  Argentina    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 20-10, 24-11, 15-9
June 10
19:30		 Argentina  58–59  Angola    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 17-7, 9-16, 11-15, 21-21
June 11
19:30		 Angola  54–86  Czech Republic    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 9-24, 21-14, 10-21, 14-27

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Brazil 4 2 0 1.000 196 113 +83
 Spain 3 1 1 0.500 181 113 +68
 Fiji 2 0 2 0.000 87 238 -151
June 9
12:45		 Spain  113–42  Fiji    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 33-9, 27-3, 27-10, 26-20
June 10
17:15		 Fiji  45–125  Brazil    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 12-29, 12-31, 17-36, 4-29
June 11
12:45		 Brazil  71–68  Spain    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 17-11, 13-14, 18-19

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Cuba 4 2 0 1.000 164 137 +27
 Belarus 3 1 1 0.500 139 133 +6
 Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 0.000 144 177 -33
June 9
15:30		 Chinese Taipei  79–96  Cuba    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 18-24, 16-21, 24-32
June 10
12:45		 Cuba  68–58  Belarus    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 14-13, 17-15, 20-12, 17-18
June 11
17:15		 Belarus  81–65  Chinese Taipei    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 20-13, 20-15, 28-23

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
  Quarterfinals
June 13		 Semifinals
(quarterfinal losers)
June 14		 Final game
June 15
                           
  A1   Latvia 84  
B2   Angola 26  
  B2   Angola 58  
  C1   Brazil 75  
C1   Brazil 79
  D2   Belarus (OT) 86  
    C1   Brazil 72
  D1   Cuba 67
  B1   Czech Republic 76  
A2   Japan 64  
  A2   Japan 58
  D1   Cuba 66  
D1   Cuba 68
  C2   Spain 82  

Quarterfinals

June 13
12:45		 Cuba  68–82  Spain    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 18-23, 15-20, 18-23
June 13
15:00		 Czech Republic  76–64  Japan    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 11-5, 23-15, 26-23
June 13
17:15		 Latvia  84–26  Angola    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 23-9, 16-5, 23-6, 22-6
June 13
19:30		 Brazil  79–86  Belarus OT  Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 6-13, 22-16, 22-21, OT: 7-14

Semifinals

June 14
17:15		 Cuba  66–58  Japan    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 16-8, 16-17, 13-15
June 14
19:30		 Angola  58–75  Brazil    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 12-15, 14-16, 24-16

Final game

June 15
19:25		 Cuba  67–72  Brazil    Madrid Arena, Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 18-15, 13-11, 20-27

References

  1. ^ Fiba2006brazil.com
  2. ^ PR N°58 - Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA.com
  3. ^ Women’s FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournament drawing to be held on Monday in Madrid
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